This trip consisted of 5 destinations covering approximately 4 weeks. Stops were Anchorage, Dutch Harbor, Nome, Bethel, Utqiagvik (Barrow), and Seward.
![Hudsonian Godwit (© Nick Viani) Ship Creek, Anchorage, AK]()
![Arctic Tern (© Nick Viani) Westchester Lagoon, Anchorage, AK]()
![Magpie (© Nick Viani) Westchester Lagoon, Anchorage, AK]()
![River Otter (© Nick Viani) Ship Creek, Anchorage, AK]()
![Cackling Goose (© Nick Viani) Westchester Lagoon, Anchorage, AK]()
![Arctic Tern (© Nick Viani) Potter Marsh, Anchorage, AK]()
![Arctic Tern (© Nick Viani) Westchester Lagoon, Anchorage, AK]()
![Greater Scaup (© Nick Viani) Westchester Lagoon, Anchorage, AK]()
![Mew Gull (© Nick Viani) Westchester Lagoon, Anchorage, AK]()
![Red-necked Grebe (© Nick Viani) Westchester Lagoon, Anchorage, AK]()
![Red-necked Grebe (© Nick Viani) Westchester Lagoon, Anchorage, AK]()
![Russian Orthodox Church Cemetery (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska]()
![Companions for the Dandilions (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska]()
![Bald Eagle nest (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska]()
![Lapland Longspur female (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska]()
![Bald Eagle (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska]()
![Least Sandpiper (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska]()
![Immature Bald Eagle (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska]()
![American Pipit (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska]()
![Fish processing plant in the distance - photo taken from our room at the Grand Aleutian Hotel (© Sooney Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska]()
![Piled line on at the harbor (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska]()
![Immature Bald Eagle (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska]()
![Piled line on the harbor (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska]()
![Bald eagle and stacked crab pots (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska]()
![Fishing vessels used to catch crab, pollack, and cod (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska]()
![Lapland Longspur female (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska]()
![Savannah Sparrow (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska]()
![Lupin growing wild on the Spit (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska]()
![Lupin detail (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska]()
![Kamchatka Fritillary on Spit (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska]()
![American Pipit (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska]()
![Only small planes can land on the shorter runway (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska]()
![Disposing of wreckage appeared to be a problem (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska]()
![Red Fox (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska]()
![Gray-crowned Rosy Finch (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska]()
![Harlequin Ducks (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska]()
![Pigeon Guillemot (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska]()
![Red-necked Merganser (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska]()
![Sea Otter (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska]()
![Sea Otter (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska]()
![Dock to nowhere (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska]()
![Song Sparrow (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska]()
![Thick-billed Murre (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska]()
![Black Oystercatcher (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska]()
![Common Merganser (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska]()
![Bald Eagle in mountainside nest (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska]()
![Semipalmated Plover (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska]()
![Semipalmated Plover (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska]()
![Marbled Murelet (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska]()
![Rock Ptarmigan (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska]()
![Willow Ptarmigan (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska]()
![Fishing vessels in Captain's Cove Marina (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska]()
![Little South America, a favorite picnic site by locals (© Sooney Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska]()
![Arctic Ground Squirrel (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska]()
![Adult successfully protecting its catch (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska]()
![Adult protecting catch from an attacking juvenile eagle (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska]()
![Arctic Ground Squirrel (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska]()
![Dutch Harbor from Mount Ballyhoo (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska]()
![Terry, Marty, and Sooney during our climb up Mount Ballyhoo (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska]()
![Detail]()
![Juvenile Bald Eagle soaring above the fishing industry (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska]()
![Sea-going barges transport most of supplies to distant coastal ports (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska]()
![Black-legged Kittiwakes (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska]()
![Pelagic Cormorants & Glacous Gull (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska]()
![Marty and his long lens wearing their raincoats (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska]()
![Great traveling buddies (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska]()
![Tufted Puffin (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska]()
![Tufted Puffin (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska]()
![Tufted Puffin (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska]()
![Black-legged Kittiwake (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska]()
![Horned Puffin (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska]()
![Tufted Puffin Juvenile (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska]()
![Tufted Puffin Juvenile (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska]()
![USS Northwestern wreck bombed and sunk June 4, 1942 during attack by Japanese warplanes in WWII (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska]()
![Arctic Bumblebee (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska]()
![Lapland Longspur male (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska]()
![Lapland Longspur male (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska]()
![Lapland Longspur female (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska]()
![Willow Ptarmigan (© Nick Viani) Kougarok Road, Nome, Alaska]()
![Long-tailed Jaeger (© Nick Viani) Milepost 72, Kougarok Road, Nome, Alaska]()
![Bristle-thighed Curlew (© Nick Viani) Milepost 72, Kougarok Road, Nome, Alaska]()
![Bristle-thighed Curlew (© Nick Viani) Milepost 72, Kougarok Road, Nome, Alaska]()
![Bar-tailed Godwit (© Nick Viani) Milepost 72, Kougarok Road, Nome, Alaska]()
![American Widgeon (© Nick Viani) Kougarok Road, Nome, Alaska]()
![Blackpoll Warbler (© Nick Viani) Kougarok Road, Nome, Alaska]()
![Rusty Blackbird (© Nick Viani) Kougarok Road, Nome, Alaska]()
![Northern Waterthrush - New World Warbler (© Nick Viani) Kougarok Road, Nome, Alaska]()
![American Tree Sparrow (© Nick Viani) Teller Highway, Nome, Alaska]()
![Golden-crowned Sparrow (© Nick Viani) Kougarok Road, Nome, Alaska]()
![Semipalmated Plover (© Nick Viani) Council Highway, Nome, Alaska]()
![Northern Wheatear (© Nick Viani) Council Highway, Nome, Alaska]()
![Say's Phoebe (© Nick Viani) Council Highway, Nome, Alaska]()
![Gyrfalcon on nest beneath bridge (© Nick Viani) East Fork of Solomon River, Council Highway, Nome, Alaska]()
![Yellow Warbler (© Nick Viani) Nome, AK]()
![Muskox at higher elevation (© Nick Viani) Teller Highway, Nome, Alaska]()
![Muskox in the tundra (© Nick Viani) Teller Highway, Nome, Alaska]()
![Pectoral Sandpiper (© Nick Viani) Teller Highway, Nome, Alaska]()
![Muskox (© Nick Viani) Teller Highway, Nome, Alaska]()
![Pacific Golden Plover (© Nick Viani) Teller Highway, Nome, Alaska]()
![Pacific Golden Plover (© Nick Viani) Teller Highway, Nome, Alaska]()
![Hoary Redpoll (© Nick Viani) Teller Highway, Nome, Alaska]()
![Tundra Swans on Tundra (© Nick Viani) Teller Highway, Nome, Alaska]()
![Arctic Terns (© Nick Viani) Teller Highway, Nome, Alaska]()
![Nick_Viani_-_Nome-1(1)]()
![Red-necked Phalarope (© Nick Viani) Nome, AK]()
![Long-tailed Jaeger nesting (© Nick Viani) Ponds near the Water Treatment Plant, Nome, AK]()
![Red-throated Loon (© Nick Viani) Pond near the water-treatment facility, Nome, Alaska]()
![Long-tailed Duck (© Nick Viani) Teller Highway, Nome, Alaska]()
![Wilson's Warbler (© Nick Viani) Council Highway, Nome, Alaska]()
![Gray-cheeked Thrush (© Nick Viani) Council Highway, Nome, Alaska]()
![Fox Sparrow (© Nick Viani) Council Highway, Nome, Alaska]()
![Looking back to Nome from the rock jetty (© Nick Viani) Council Highway, Nome, Alaska]()
![Yellow Warbler (© Nick Viani) Kougarok Road, Nome, Alaska]()
![Wandering Tattler (© Nick Viani) Kougarok Road, Nome, Alaska]()
![Hoary Redpoll (© Nick Viani) Teller Highway, Nome, Alaska]()
![Kougarok Road Detail (© Sooney Viani) Nome, Alaska]()
![Common Redpoll (© Nick Viani) Teller Highway, Nome, Alaska]()
![Arctic Terns (© Nick Viani) Nome River, Council Highway, Nome, Alaska]()
![Aleutian and Arctic Terns (© Nick Viani) Nome River, Council Highway, Nome, Alaska]()
![Aleutian Tern (© Nick Viani) Nome River, Council Highway, Nome, Alaska]()
![Aleutian Tern (© Nick Viani) Nome River, Council Highway, Nome, Alaska]()
![Terry & Beth, our guide on the river (© Sooney Viani) Bethel, AK]()
![American Tree Sparrow (© Nick Viani) Bethel, Alaska]()
![Close-up of tundra landscape (© Sooney Viani) Bethel, AK]()
![Arctic Cotton - Wildflowers on the tundra (© Nick Viani) Bethel, AlaskaArctic Cotton]()
![Alongside the road to Bethel's landfill (© Sooney Viani) Bethel, AK]()
![Water & Sewer pipes are above ground due to freezing conditions beneath the surface that will break pipes (© Sooney Viani) Bethel, AK (© Sooney Viani) Bethel, AK]()
![Insulated water and sewer pipes waiting for installation. Note the depth of the insulation. (© Sooney Viani) Bethel, AK]()
![Great Horned Owl Fledglings (© Nick Viani) Bethel, Alaska]()
![Great Horned Owl (© Nick Viani) Bethel, AK]()
![Yellow-rumped Warbler (© Nick Viani) Bethel, Alaska]()
![Bald Eagle (© Nick Viani) Bethel, Alaska]()
![Bank Swallows (© Nick Viani) Bethel, Alaska]()
![Wildflowers on the tundra (© Nick Viani) Bethel, Alaska]()
![Tundra (and Nick's boot) (© Nick Viani) Bethel, AK]()
![Osprey nest (© Nick Viani) Bethel, Alaska]()
![Arctic Tern (© Nick Viani) Westchester Lagoon, Anchorage, AK]()
![Tree Swallow (© Nick Viani) Potter's Marsh, Anchorage, AK]()
![Widgeon (© Nick Viani) Potter Marsh, Anchorage, AK]()
![Cackling Geese Goslings (© Nick Viani) Potter Marsh, Anchorage, AK]()
![Mallard Duck & Duckling (© Nick Viani) Westchester Lagoon, Anchorage, AK]()
![Green-winged Teal (© Nick Viani) Tony Knowles Coastal Trail, Anchorage, AK]()
![Sand Hill Crane (© Nick Viani) Tony Knowles Coastal Trail, Anchorage, AK]()
![Plane taking off from Lake Hood Floatplane Base, Anchorage (© Nick Viani) This is the largest and busiest aerodrome in the world.]()
![Greater Scaup (© Nick Viani) Westchester Lagoon, Anchorage, AK]()
![Cackling Geese Goslings (© Nick Viani) Potter Marsh, Anchorage, AK]()
![Trumpeter Swan (© Nick Viani) Potter Marsh, Anchorage, AK]()
![Cackling Geese & Goslings (© Nick Viani) Westchester Lagoon, Anchorage, AK]()
![Mallard Duckling (© Nick Viani) Westchester Lagoon, Anchorage, AK]()
![Harbor Seals (© Nick Viani) Northwestern Fjord, Seward, AK]()
![Parakeet Auklet (© Nick Viani) Chiswell Islands, Seward, AK]()
![Black-legged Kittiwakes, Glaucous Gull (© Nick Viani) Resurrection Bay, Chiswell Islands, Seward, AK.]()
![Steller's Sea Lion & pup (© Nick Viani) Resurrection Bay, Chiswell Islands, Seward, AK. Note]()
![Pelagic Cormorant (© Nick Viani) Resurrection Bay, Chiswell Islands, Seward, AK]()
![Black-legged Kittiwakes, Common Murres shared nesting (© Nick Viani) Resurrection Bay, Chiswell Islands, Seward, AK]()
![Northwestern Glacier (© Nick Viani) Northwestern Fjord, Seward, Alaska]()
![Avalanche on Northwestern Glacier (© Nick Viani) Northwestern Fjord, Seward, Alaska]()
![Humpback Whale Diving (© Nick Viani) Fox Island, Resurrection Bay, Seward, AK]()
![Red-faced Cormorants, Black-legged Kittiwakes (© Nick Viani) Resurrection Bay, Chiswell Islands, Seward, AK]()
![Steller's Sea Lion (© Nick Viani) Resurrection Bay, Chiswell Islands, Seward, AK]()
![Black-legged Kittiwakes, Common Murres shared nesting (© Nick Viani) Resurrection Bay, Chiswell Islands, Seward, AK]()
![Song Sparrow (© Nick Viani) Seward, Alaska]()
![Wilson's Snipe (© Nick Viani) Seward, Alaska]()
![Mew Gull (© Nick Viani) Seward, Alaska]()
![Wild Iris (© Nick Viani) Seward, Alaska]()
![Varied Thrush Approaching the Nest (© Nick Viani) Lowell Point State Park, Seward, Alaska]()
![Varied Thrush with Chicks (© Nick Viani) Lowell Point, Seward, AK]()
![Lowel Point Detail]()
![Song Sparrow with a mouthful (© Nick Viani) Seward, Alaska]()
![Downtown Seward, Alaska (© Nick Viani)]()
![Rockfish (© Nick Viani) SeaLife Center, Seward, Alaska]()
![King Eider detail (© Nick Viani) SeaLife Center, Seward, Alaska]()
![Smew (© Nick Viani) SeaLife Center, Seward, AK. Note]()
![Red-legged Kittiwake (© Nick Viani) SeaLife Center, Seward, AK. Note]()
![Rhinoceros Auklet (© Nick Viani) SeaLife Center, Seward, Alaska]()
![Common Murre (© Nick Viani) SeaLife Center, Seward, Alaska]()
![Tufted Puffin detail (© Nick Viani) SeaLife Center, Seward, Alaska]()
![Steller's Sea Lion (© Nick Viani) SeaLife Center, Seward, Alaska]()
![Steller's Sea Lion (© Nick Viani) Nicknamed "Misty" SeaLife Center, Seward, Alaska]()
![Brown Creeper (© Nick Viani) Seward, AK]()
![Roofing detail, Lowell Point, Seward, AK]()
![Pacific Golden Plover (© Nick Viani) Nome, AK]()
![Whale Carcass on Sea Ice (© Nick Viani) Utqiagvik (Barrow) Alaska]()
![Cemetery Detail (© Nick Viani) Utqiagvik (Barrow) Alaska]()
![Dunlin (© Nick Viani) Utqiagvik (Barrow) Alaska]()
![Long-billed Dowitcher (© Nick Viani) Utqiagvik (Barrow) Alaska]()
![Snow Bunting (© Nick Viani) Utqiagvik (Barrow) Alaska]()
![Snowy Owl (© Nick Viani) Utqiagvik (Barrow) Alaska]()
![Sea Ice on Bering Strait (© Nick Viani) Utqiagvik (Barrow) Alaska]()
![Short-eared Owl (© Nick Viani) Utqiagvik (Barrow) Alaska, AK]()
![Sooney Viani & Terry Karlin (© Nick Viani) Utqiagvik (Barrow) Alaska]()
![Arctic Tern (© Nick Viani) Utqiagvik (Barrow) Alaska]()
![Red Phalarope - female (© Nick Viani) Utqiagvik (Barrow) Alaska]()
![King Eider couple (© Nick Viani) Utqiagvik (Barrow) Alaska]()
![Dunlin (© Nick Viani) Utqiagvik (Barrow) Alaska]()
![Polar Bear and fox pelts, Barrow, Alaska]()
![Red Phalarope - male (© Nick Viani) Utqiagvik (Barrow) Alaska]()
![American Golden Plover (© Nick Viani) Utqiagvik (Barrow) Alaska]()
![River Ice Breakup (© Nick Viani) Utqiagvik (Barrow) Alaska]()
![Long-tailed Duck - female (© Nick Viani) Utqiagvik (Barrow) Alaska]()
![Steller's Eider (© Nick Viani) Utqiagvik (Barrow) Alaska]()
![Long-tailed Duck - male (© Nick Viani) Utqiagvik (Barrow) Alaska]()
![Red-necked Phalarope (© Nick Viani) Utqiagvik (Barrow) Alaska]()
![Pomarine Jaeger (© Nick Viani) Utqiagvik (Barrow) Alaska]()
![Common Goldeneye (© Nick Viani 11/25) Putnam Park, Link River, Klamath Falls, OR]()
![Barrow's Goldeneye (© Nick Viani 11/25) Putnam Park, Link River, Klamath Falls, OR]()
![Barrow's Goldeneye (© Nick Viani 11/25) Putnam Park, Link River, Klamath Falls, OR]()
![Barrow's Goldeneye (© Nick Viani 11/25) Putnam Park, Link River, Klamath Falls, OR]()
![Nick_Viani_-_Anchorage-2(1)]()
Hudsonian Godwit (© Nick Viani) Ship Creek, Anchorage, AK
Arctic Tern (© Nick Viani) Westchester Lagoon, Anchorage, AK
Magpie (© Nick Viani) Westchester Lagoon, Anchorage, AK
River Otter (© Nick Viani) Ship Creek, Anchorage, AK
Cackling Goose (© Nick Viani) Westchester Lagoon, Anchorage, AK
Arctic Tern (© Nick Viani) Potter Marsh, Anchorage, AK
Arctic Tern (© Nick Viani) Westchester Lagoon, Anchorage, AK
Greater Scaup (© Nick Viani) Westchester Lagoon, Anchorage, AK
Mew Gull (© Nick Viani) Westchester Lagoon, Anchorage, AK
Red-necked Grebe (© Nick Viani) Westchester Lagoon, Anchorage, AK
Red-necked Grebe (© Nick Viani) Westchester Lagoon, Anchorage, AK
Russian Orthodox Church Cemetery (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
Companions for the Dandilions (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
Bald Eagle nest (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
Lapland Longspur female (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
Bald Eagle (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
Least Sandpiper (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
Immature Bald Eagle (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
American Pipit (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
Fish processing plant in the distance - photo taken from our room at the Grand Aleutian Hotel (© Sooney Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
Piled line on at the harbor (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
Immature Bald Eagle (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
Piled line on the harbor (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
Bald eagle and stacked crab pots (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
Fishing vessels used to catch crab, pollack, and cod (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
Lapland Longspur female (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
Savannah Sparrow (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
Lupin growing wild on the Spit (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
Lupin detail (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
Kamchatka Fritillary on Spit (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
American Pipit (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
Only small planes can land on the shorter runway (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
Disposing of wreckage appeared to be a problem (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
Red Fox (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
Gray-crowned Rosy Finch (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
Harlequin Ducks (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
Pigeon Guillemot (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
Red-necked Merganser (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
Sea Otter (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
Sea Otter (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
Dock to nowhere (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
Song Sparrow (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
Thick-billed Murre (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
Black Oystercatcher (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
Common Merganser (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
Bald Eagle in mountainside nest (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
Semipalmated Plover (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
Semipalmated Plover (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
Marbled Murelet (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
Rock Ptarmigan (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
Willow Ptarmigan (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
Fishing vessels in Captain's Cove Marina (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
Little South America, a favorite picnic site by locals (© Sooney Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
Arctic Ground Squirrel (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
Adult successfully protecting its catch (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
Adult protecting catch from an attacking juvenile eagle (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
Arctic Ground Squirrel (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
Dutch Harbor from Mount Ballyhoo (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
Terry, Marty, and Sooney during our climb up Mount Ballyhoo (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
Detail
Juvenile Bald Eagle soaring above the fishing industry (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
Sea-going barges transport most of supplies to distant coastal ports (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
Black-legged Kittiwakes (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
Pelagic Cormorants & Glacous Gull (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
Marty and his long lens wearing their raincoats (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
Great traveling buddies (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
Tufted Puffin (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
Tufted Puffin (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
Tufted Puffin (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
Black-legged Kittiwake (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
Horned Puffin (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
Tufted Puffin Juvenile (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
Tufted Puffin Juvenile (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
USS Northwestern wreck bombed and sunk June 4, 1942 during attack by Japanese warplanes in WWII (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
Arctic Bumblebee (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
Lapland Longspur male (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
Lapland Longspur male (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
Lapland Longspur female (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
Willow Ptarmigan (© Nick Viani) Kougarok Road, Nome, Alaska
Long-tailed Jaeger (© Nick Viani) Milepost 72, Kougarok Road, Nome, Alaska
Bristle-thighed Curlew (© Nick Viani) Milepost 72, Kougarok Road, Nome, Alaska
Bristle-thighed Curlew (© Nick Viani) Milepost 72, Kougarok Road, Nome, Alaska
Bar-tailed Godwit (© Nick Viani) Milepost 72, Kougarok Road, Nome, Alaska
American Widgeon (© Nick Viani) Kougarok Road, Nome, Alaska
Blackpoll Warbler (© Nick Viani) Kougarok Road, Nome, Alaska
Rusty Blackbird (© Nick Viani) Kougarok Road, Nome, Alaska
Northern Waterthrush - New World Warbler (© Nick Viani) Kougarok Road, Nome, Alaska
American Tree Sparrow (© Nick Viani) Teller Highway, Nome, Alaska
Golden-crowned Sparrow (© Nick Viani) Kougarok Road, Nome, Alaska
Semipalmated Plover (© Nick Viani) Council Highway, Nome, Alaska
Northern Wheatear (© Nick Viani) Council Highway, Nome, Alaska
Say's Phoebe (© Nick Viani) Council Highway, Nome, Alaska
Gyrfalcon on nest beneath bridge (© Nick Viani) East Fork of Solomon River, Council Highway, Nome, Alaska
Yellow Warbler (© Nick Viani) Nome, AK
Muskox at higher elevation (© Nick Viani) Teller Highway, Nome, Alaska
Muskox in the tundra (© Nick Viani) Teller Highway, Nome, Alaska
Pectoral Sandpiper (© Nick Viani) Teller Highway, Nome, Alaska
Muskox (© Nick Viani) Teller Highway, Nome, Alaska
Pacific Golden Plover (© Nick Viani) Teller Highway, Nome, Alaska
Pacific Golden Plover (© Nick Viani) Teller Highway, Nome, Alaska
Hoary Redpoll (© Nick Viani) Teller Highway, Nome, Alaska
Tundra Swans on Tundra (© Nick Viani) Teller Highway, Nome, Alaska
Arctic Terns (© Nick Viani) Teller Highway, Nome, Alaska
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Red-necked Phalarope (© Nick Viani) Nome, AK
Long-tailed Jaeger nesting (© Nick Viani) Ponds near the Water Treatment Plant, Nome, AK
Red-throated Loon (© Nick Viani) Pond near the water-treatment facility, Nome, Alaska
Long-tailed Duck (© Nick Viani) Teller Highway, Nome, Alaska
Wilson's Warbler (© Nick Viani) Council Highway, Nome, Alaska
Gray-cheeked Thrush (© Nick Viani) Council Highway, Nome, Alaska
Fox Sparrow (© Nick Viani) Council Highway, Nome, Alaska
Looking back to Nome from the rock jetty (© Nick Viani) Council Highway, Nome, Alaska
Yellow Warbler (© Nick Viani) Kougarok Road, Nome, Alaska
Wandering Tattler (© Nick Viani) Kougarok Road, Nome, Alaska
Hoary Redpoll (© Nick Viani) Teller Highway, Nome, Alaska
Kougarok Road Detail (© Sooney Viani) Nome, Alaska
Common Redpoll (© Nick Viani) Teller Highway, Nome, Alaska
Arctic Terns (© Nick Viani) Nome River, Council Highway, Nome, Alaska
Aleutian and Arctic Terns (© Nick Viani) Nome River, Council Highway, Nome, Alaska
Aleutian Tern (© Nick Viani) Nome River, Council Highway, Nome, Alaska
Aleutian Tern (© Nick Viani) Nome River, Council Highway, Nome, Alaska
Terry & Beth, our guide on the river (© Sooney Viani) Bethel, AK
American Tree Sparrow (© Nick Viani) Bethel, Alaska
Close-up of tundra landscape (© Sooney Viani) Bethel, AK
Arctic Cotton - Wildflowers on the tundra (© Nick Viani) Bethel, AlaskaArctic Cotton
Alongside the road to Bethel's landfill (© Sooney Viani) Bethel, AK
Water & Sewer pipes are above ground due to freezing conditions beneath the surface that will break pipes (© Sooney Viani) Bethel, AK (© Sooney Viani) Bethel, AK
Insulated water and sewer pipes waiting for installation. Note the depth of the insulation. (© Sooney Viani) Bethel, AK
Great Horned Owl Fledglings (© Nick Viani) Bethel, Alaska
Great Horned Owl (© Nick Viani) Bethel, AK
Yellow-rumped Warbler (© Nick Viani) Bethel, Alaska
Bald Eagle (© Nick Viani) Bethel, Alaska
Bank Swallows (© Nick Viani) Bethel, Alaska
Wildflowers on the tundra (© Nick Viani) Bethel, Alaska
Tundra (and Nick's boot) (© Nick Viani) Bethel, AK
Osprey nest (© Nick Viani) Bethel, Alaska
Arctic Tern (© Nick Viani) Westchester Lagoon, Anchorage, AK
Tree Swallow (© Nick Viani) Potter's Marsh, Anchorage, AK
Widgeon (© Nick Viani) Potter Marsh, Anchorage, AK
Cackling Geese Goslings (© Nick Viani) Potter Marsh, Anchorage, AK
Mallard Duck & Duckling (© Nick Viani) Westchester Lagoon, Anchorage, AK
Green-winged Teal (© Nick Viani) Tony Knowles Coastal Trail, Anchorage, AK
Sand Hill Crane (© Nick Viani) Tony Knowles Coastal Trail, Anchorage, AK
Plane taking off from Lake Hood Floatplane Base, Anchorage (© Nick Viani) This is the largest and busiest aerodrome in the world.
Greater Scaup (© Nick Viani) Westchester Lagoon, Anchorage, AK
Cackling Geese Goslings (© Nick Viani) Potter Marsh, Anchorage, AK
Trumpeter Swan (© Nick Viani) Potter Marsh, Anchorage, AK
Cackling Geese & Goslings (© Nick Viani) Westchester Lagoon, Anchorage, AK
Mallard Duckling (© Nick Viani) Westchester Lagoon, Anchorage, AK
Harbor Seals (© Nick Viani) Northwestern Fjord, Seward, AK
Parakeet Auklet (© Nick Viani) Chiswell Islands, Seward, AK
Black-legged Kittiwakes, Glaucous Gull (© Nick Viani) Resurrection Bay, Chiswell Islands, Seward, AK.
Steller's Sea Lion & pup (© Nick Viani) Resurrection Bay, Chiswell Islands, Seward, AK. Note
Pelagic Cormorant (© Nick Viani) Resurrection Bay, Chiswell Islands, Seward, AK
Black-legged Kittiwakes, Common Murres shared nesting (© Nick Viani) Resurrection Bay, Chiswell Islands, Seward, AK
Northwestern Glacier (© Nick Viani) Northwestern Fjord, Seward, Alaska
Avalanche on Northwestern Glacier (© Nick Viani) Northwestern Fjord, Seward, Alaska
Humpback Whale Diving (© Nick Viani) Fox Island, Resurrection Bay, Seward, AK
Red-faced Cormorants, Black-legged Kittiwakes (© Nick Viani) Resurrection Bay, Chiswell Islands, Seward, AK
Steller's Sea Lion (© Nick Viani) Resurrection Bay, Chiswell Islands, Seward, AK
Black-legged Kittiwakes, Common Murres shared nesting (© Nick Viani) Resurrection Bay, Chiswell Islands, Seward, AK
Song Sparrow (© Nick Viani) Seward, Alaska
Wilson's Snipe (© Nick Viani) Seward, Alaska
Mew Gull (© Nick Viani) Seward, Alaska
Wild Iris (© Nick Viani) Seward, Alaska
Varied Thrush Approaching the Nest (© Nick Viani) Lowell Point State Park, Seward, Alaska
Varied Thrush with Chicks (© Nick Viani) Lowell Point, Seward, AK
Lowel Point Detail
Song Sparrow with a mouthful (© Nick Viani) Seward, Alaska
Downtown Seward, Alaska (© Nick Viani)
Rockfish (© Nick Viani) SeaLife Center, Seward, Alaska
King Eider detail (© Nick Viani) SeaLife Center, Seward, Alaska
Smew (© Nick Viani) SeaLife Center, Seward, AK. Note
Red-legged Kittiwake (© Nick Viani) SeaLife Center, Seward, AK. Note
Rhinoceros Auklet (© Nick Viani) SeaLife Center, Seward, Alaska
Common Murre (© Nick Viani) SeaLife Center, Seward, Alaska
Tufted Puffin detail (© Nick Viani) SeaLife Center, Seward, Alaska
Steller's Sea Lion (© Nick Viani) SeaLife Center, Seward, Alaska
Steller's Sea Lion (© Nick Viani) Nicknamed "Misty" SeaLife Center, Seward, Alaska
Brown Creeper (© Nick Viani) Seward, AK
Roofing detail, Lowell Point, Seward, AK
Pacific Golden Plover (© Nick Viani) Nome, AK
Whale Carcass on Sea Ice (© Nick Viani) Utqiagvik (Barrow) Alaska
Cemetery Detail (© Nick Viani) Utqiagvik (Barrow) Alaska
Dunlin (© Nick Viani) Utqiagvik (Barrow) Alaska
Long-billed Dowitcher (© Nick Viani) Utqiagvik (Barrow) Alaska
Snow Bunting (© Nick Viani) Utqiagvik (Barrow) Alaska
Snowy Owl (© Nick Viani) Utqiagvik (Barrow) Alaska
Sea Ice on Bering Strait (© Nick Viani) Utqiagvik (Barrow) Alaska
Short-eared Owl (© Nick Viani) Utqiagvik (Barrow) Alaska, AK
Sooney Viani & Terry Karlin (© Nick Viani) Utqiagvik (Barrow) Alaska
Arctic Tern (© Nick Viani) Utqiagvik (Barrow) Alaska
Red Phalarope - female (© Nick Viani) Utqiagvik (Barrow) Alaska
King Eider couple (© Nick Viani) Utqiagvik (Barrow) Alaska
Dunlin (© Nick Viani) Utqiagvik (Barrow) Alaska
Polar Bear and fox pelts, Barrow, Alaska
Red Phalarope - male (© Nick Viani) Utqiagvik (Barrow) Alaska
American Golden Plover (© Nick Viani) Utqiagvik (Barrow) Alaska
River Ice Breakup (© Nick Viani) Utqiagvik (Barrow) Alaska
Long-tailed Duck - female (© Nick Viani) Utqiagvik (Barrow) Alaska
Steller's Eider (© Nick Viani) Utqiagvik (Barrow) Alaska
Long-tailed Duck - male (© Nick Viani) Utqiagvik (Barrow) Alaska
Red-necked Phalarope (© Nick Viani) Utqiagvik (Barrow) Alaska
Pomarine Jaeger (© Nick Viani) Utqiagvik (Barrow) Alaska
Common Goldeneye (© Nick Viani 11/25) Putnam Park, Link River, Klamath Falls, OR
Barrow's Goldeneye (© Nick Viani 11/25) Putnam Park, Link River, Klamath Falls, OR
Barrow's Goldeneye (© Nick Viani 11/25) Putnam Park, Link River, Klamath Falls, OR
Barrow's Goldeneye (© Nick Viani 11/25) Putnam Park, Link River, Klamath Falls, OR
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